Air Mission Planning
11-12 June 2012, Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, United Kingdom

From tasking to re-tasking, mission planning is the core competence that underpins air operations for our flight crews and airmen. Advances in technology have increased capability and safety in the air whilst the evolution to dynamic mission planning has been supported by the modern tools at our disposal over the last two decades.

SMi’s Air Mission Planning 2012 recognises these doctrinal facts and responds by providing the forum within which both commercial and military stakeholders can remain up-to-date with the advances that are improving safety and effect in the skies.

Topics that will be addressed at the event include: Rotary-wing ops and sharing airspace with fixed-wing assets; A400M MPS Requirements; The Challenges of Mission Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa – A Regional Perspective; Storm Shadow Missile Mission Planning using TAMPA throughout Op ELLAMY; Future Mission Planning Systems ; Interoperability and Standardisation in NATO.

REGISTER BY 5TH APRIL AND SAVE £300. Visit the Air Mission Planning 2012 website to secure your place today

Our expert speaker line-up includes:

• Colonel Richard Leakey, Station Commander JHC Aldergrove, Joint Helicopter Command
• Dr. Stephen E. Wright, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, USAF
• Cesare Balducci, Deputy Director, NATO Standardisation Agency
• Squadron Leader Darryn Rawlins, UK A400M Requirements Manager, Royal Air Force
• Gina Hubbard, Chief, Mobility & Special Mission-ACC Branch ESC/HBMG Airspace Mission Planning Division, USAF

TO REGISTER BOOK BY THE 5TH APRIL & SAVE £300
Visit www.airmissionplanning.co.uk Contact James Hitchen on: +44 (0) 207 827 6054 / jhitchen@smi-online.co.uk
Teri Arri: +44 (0) 20 7827 6162 / tarri@smi-online.co.uk SPONSORSHIP AND EXHIBITION INFORMATION
Contact Darren Moore: +44 (0) 20 7827 6148 / dmoore@smi-online.co.uk

Join SMi at the 12th annual Pain Therapeutics conference, which will be held on 21st & 22nd May 2012 in London, UK.

Pain is the most common reason patients seek medical care, as it affects the quality of life many people experience and has significant sensory and emotional components. Whilst advances have been made in pain management, few significant ones have occurred, making it harder in recent years to get analgesics to market.
In the current economic climate, this makes it even more imperative for companies to improve their R&D methods so that drugs being put forward for clinical trials have the best chance of success.

Hear key presentations from industry-leading experts:
• Kevin Lee, Head of Epigenetics Discovery Unit, Epinova (GlaxoSmithKline)
• Chas Bountra, Professor of Translational Medicine, Head, Structural Genomics Centre Oxford University
• Jonathan Stewart, Disease Area Head, Neuroscience, Immunology and Pain, Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Philip Kym, Associate Director II Pain Discovery Research, Abbott
• Mark Bowlby, Neurophysiology and Pain Lead, Merck
• Dave Shelton, Senior Director, Pfizer Global Research & Development

Key reasons to attend:
• Evaluate recent advances in experimental pain models and translational techniques
• Discuss the current topics in CNS clinical trials
• Develop strategies to improve the chance of success for your candidate drugs
• Discover how epigenetics can help in the elucidation of new targets
• Learn about the current targets in pain drug development and their potential for new therapies
• Network with key industry associates and solution providers to share valuable experiences

Visit www.pain-therapeutics.co.uk for more information or to register your place. Alternatively, contact Murad Al-Abdullah at Tel: +44 (0)207 827 6115 or Email: mal-abdullah@smi-online.co.uk

Don’t miss SMi’s inaugural ISR conference, which will be held in London on 18th & 19th April 2012.

This must-attend event will bring delegates and key industry players together, creating networking opportunities and the chance to examine the latest developments and current issues across the air, land, sea, cyber and space communities.

ISR 2012 will take a close look at case studies and challenges pertaining to end-users and programme teams across the international community, bringing delegates and key speakers together to discuss and debate topics such as unmanned ISR, persistent ISR, COMINT & SIGINT, ISR interoperability between the Air, Land and Maritime domains, and future ISR technology.

Attendees will also have the chance to attend two interactive workshops. Current Trends in UAS Training and Simulation, hosted by Simlat, will review traditional and novel UAS training schemes, discuss test cases and provide insight to technical and business aspects. Practical ISR Training, hosted by Inzpire, will demonstrate how ISR training can be developed and how synthetic environments permit ISR training.

EXTENDED EARLY BIRD ANNOUNCEMENT: REGISTER BEFORE 5TH APRIL AND SAVE £300. Visit www.isrconference.com to register today.

Network with the latest registered attendees:
• Ministry of Defence, UK
• BAE Systems
• US NAVAL Air Weapons Engagement Office
• Europa Executive Guards
• Airbus Military
• Surrey Satellite Technology
• Georgia Technical Research Institute
• New Zealand Defence Staff
• Egyptian Defence Office
• Astrium Services
• SELEX Galileo
• Thales Raytheon Systems
• ISTAR Capability Branch Ministry of Defence, UK
• Embraer

Hear key presentations from industry experts:
• Dr. Mark T. Maybury, Chief Scientist, United States Air Force
• Major General Stephen D. Schmidt, Commander, Airborne Early Warning and Control Force Command, NATO
• Colonel Dean Bushey, A3, USAFE • Lieutenant Colonel Mircea Boscoianu, Romanian Air Force Academy, Romanian MoD
• Major Tiziano Diamanti, Defence General Staff HQ, Italian Army
• Chris Romney, Chief, Requirements and Architecture Branch, NACMA
• Lieutenant Commander Paul Mullowney, 849 Naval Air Service, Royal Navy

Visit www.isrconference.com for more information or to register your place. Alternatively, contact James Hitchen at Tel: +44 (0) 207 827 6054 or Email: jhitchen@smi-online.co.uk

Inspire 2012 Women Entrepreneurs’ Conference

Saturday, May 26th 9:30 am – 5:00 pm

The Mermaid Theatre

London EC4V 3DB

www.cometoourevent.co.uk

Sometimes we need to be inspired… to hear others and gain knowledge, insight and enthusiasm. To hear other women’s stories and relate them to our own lives, work and experience…

We promise you a day full of inspiration, laughter and song.

5 inspirational speakers; 5 hilarious comediennes; and 5 beautiful voices

HOSTED BY RUBY WAX

Ruby Wax is one of Britain’s best-known TV personalities. Through her directness, intuition and humour she quickly establishes a relationship with her audience creating a climate of mutual appreciation and rapport. This incredibly useful skill can be taught to any leader who wants to motivate, inspire and improve communication with their clients, customers and colleagues. As an entrepreneur this is a skill you have to develop – so come along and let Ruby help you

She’ll leave you laughing and crying – but you’ll learn and be inspired! BE INSPIRED ….

Our Keynote Speakers are:

1.Ruby Wax, TV star and mental health awareness campaigner

2.Kimberly Davis, former Apprentice contestant and owner of Sarsaparilla Marketing

3.Hattie Hasan, owner of the only national network of women plumbers in the world

4.Caroline Newman, former city lawyer, Business Woman of the Year and now successful trainer and coach

5.Dr Deborah Swallow, leading authority on cultural diversity who transformed her life from running a family-owned office supplies company to corporate conference speaker.

BE ENTERTAINED…

Our Comedians are:

1.Hatty Ashdown

2.Jessica Fostekew

3.Josie Long

4.Sara Pascoe

5.Lou Sanders

BE JOYFUL…

Our Singers are:

1.Lucy Lawrence

2.Lizzy Loeb

3.Hollie May

4.Nadia

5.Hannah Warman

BE GENEROUS…

Our Charities which will benefit are:

1. Ruby’s Favourite Charity: Mind

2. Dress For Success: a charity that helps women on low incomes get back to work. They dress more than 1,000 women a year in high quality clothes donated by women like YOU. PLEASE BRING UNWANTED SMART GARMENTS.

When a woman comes to Dress for Success London, trained stylists will dress her in a smart professional outfit to wear to her job interview. She will then receive personal interview training from a senior executive. Looking fantastic and with her confidence restored, a Dress for Success client now has a far better chance of success. BE DAZZLED…

And, lots more besides…

Dress For Success Fashion Event

Fashion; Shoes; Handbags; Accessories

Lingerie; Colour Consultants; Fitness & Nutrition

Exhibition; Silent Auction: Workshops; Demonstrations

And, take away a goodie bag worth more than the price of your ticket..!

www.cometoourevent.co.uk

The third annual Joint Forces Simulation & Training conference is set to be held in London next week. This event, on the 24th and 25th January, is designed to address the ever-changing operational training needs, technological aspects & challenges within the global training & simulation community.

JFS&T 2012 will focus on how the combined multi-national forces of land, sea and air work together to prepare for modern combat, as well as explore the joint training exercises that coalition forces undertake in their quest to simulate real war fighting scenarios, thereby providing their personnel with the best available training.

Delegates will have the chance to hear expert insight on topics including future plans and programmes at the UK MoD, developing joint training programmes for the near future, future trends in immersive virtual environments, as well as education and training at the SACT.

Network with the following registered attendees, including:

• Lockheed Martin UK
• CAE Military Simulation & Training Division
• BAE Systems
• Saab Technologies
• Ministry of Defence, UK
• Hellenic Embassy London
• Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters
• Simudyne SARL
• Logica UK
• Rheinmetall Defence Electronics
• PEO STRI
• Cubic Defense

Hear from a leading line-up of key speakers:

• Lieutenant General Karlheinz Viereck, Deputy Chief of Staff Joint Force Training, NATO
• Brigadier General Meelis Kiili, Commandant, Baltic Defence College
• Colonel David Smith, Program Manager Training Systems (PMTRASYS), US Marine Corps
• Lieutenant Commander Fred Baxter, CAP JTES DSC Coordinator, UK MoD
• Dr. Dai Morris, Head of Capability, Joint Training Evaluation & Simulation, UK MoD
• Charles Redlinger, Business Development Manager, King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center
• Dr. Stephanie Lackey, Program Director, University Of Central Florida
• Andrew Gray, Helicopter Projects Manager, European Defence Agency

Visit www.jointforcestraining.com for more information or to register your place. Alternatively, contact James Hitchen at Tel: +44 (0)207 827 6054 or Email: jhitchen@smi-online.co.uk.

Attend Capita’s established National Homelessness Conference to get to grips with the implications of current Government strategies and developments, including Welfare Reform, the Localism Act and the No Second Night Out Vision on homelessness and homelessness services.

Learn from innovative, partner-driven approaches, including Payment by Results models, community budgets and joint commissioning arrangements that are improving outcomes for both vulnerable families and single homeless people at a critical time of rising service demand and reducing resources.

Speakers include:

- Chair: Matt Harrison, Interim Chief Executive, Homeless Link
- Cathy Payne, Deputy Head of Housing Policy, Department for Work and Pensions
- Campbell Robb, Chief Executive, Shelter
- Chris Ferns, Development Manager, Housing Solutions, Liverpool City Council
- Feargal Ward, Divisional Director, Genesis Housing Group
- Phil Harris, Deputy Director for Community Housing Services, London Borough of Haringey
- Eileen McMullan, Commissioning Manager, Supporting People, Islington Council

Benefits of attending:

- Get a timely update from the Department for Work and Pensions on the new Welfare Reform Act and the changes to housing costs as part of Universal Credit – Hear from Shelter on the challenges associated with the new duties of the Localism Act and the wider Housing Strategy
- Discover the lessons learnt from the London No Second Night Out pilot and how the protocols are being adapted and delivered locally as part of a national roll-out
- Examine how a medium term housing solution is working with private landlords and local authorities to access empty homes
- Draw lessons from a joint procurement arrangement for temporary accommodation
- Gain insight into how Payment by Results models and Community Budgets can incentivise and drive improvement in outcomes

For more information follow these links below:

Website: http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/public-sector-conferences/housing/full-conference/article/tackling-and-preventing-homelessness-conference.html?code=MKMG

Conference Brochure: http://www.capitaconferences.co.uk/pdfgen.html?filename=Homelessness_brochure-_WOPDF.pdf&code=MKMG

LONE WORKER SAFETY 2012 Conference & Exhibition will take place on Tue, 27th November 2012 at the Olympia Conference Centre.

This great event will once again be all about providing professionals, interested in improving lone worker safety with specific and up-to-date information.

We have invited some of the most respected experts in lone worker safety, who all will deliver exciting and motivating talks which will help reduce the risk of assaults on lone workers.

Robert Kaiser, CEO of PPSS and organiser of LONE WORKER SAFETY 2012 states: “It is without question that all health & safety professionals, managers and senior members of staff who work within organisations where lone working takes place will greatly benefit from this positive event.”

Public sector workers, enforcement teams, housing associations, social and health care professionals, nursing staff, utility field representatives and public transport professionals and many more have attended the 2011 event, and the feedback has just been fantastic according to Robert Kaiser.

LONE WOKER SAFETY 2012 will help all delegates to gain enhanced awareness of lone worker safety risks, improve their understanding of the strategies needed to improve lone worker safety.

It will also help everyone to learn how to balance meeting the duty of care with providing an effective service to the public, and gain a better knowledge of nature, causes and good responses to aggressive behaviour or conflict.

Robert Kaiser explains that they are aware of the financial problems many organisations and firms are currently facing: “We fully understand the financial pressure many organisations are under at the moment. We are certainly very sympathetic towards this issue, and if we can help with a special offer then please do not shy away from speaking with us.”

Please view the event’s website www.loneworkersafetyexpo.com, email info@loneworkersafetyexpo.com or call 0845 5193 953 — — PPSS Group is a UK based company, specialised in lone worker protection and the design, development and manufacturing of high performance protective clothing and equipment. PPSS Group is the company behind the world’s thinnest and lightest bullet proof vests and the company behind Cut-Tex® PRO, a groundbreaking and one of the world’s strongest cut, tear and abrasion resistant fabrics, now being used to manufacture cut resistant clothing for numerous of homeland security agencies around the world.

Robert Kaiser, CEO of PPSS Group is globally respected expert in executive and diplomatic protection and known for his passion for the personal safety of lone workers. He is frequently invited to speak in front of large audiences about a number of personal protection and personal safety related topics.

The contemporary shipping industry accounts for three to four per cent of man-made carbon dioxide emissions worldwide and this figure is expected to rise to six per cent by 2020 and then double by 2050. Carbon emissions from shipping are already double that of international aviation, and a single large container ship one can throw out as much acidifying sulphur dioxide in a year as 50 million cars. As a result, despite standing on the height of enormous opportunities, Offshore Support Vessels (OSVs) are facing a key challenge – being operationally efficient in the face of rising demand and tighter energy efficiency regulations. Shipping industry experts will gather at IQPC’s Offshore Support Vessels Summit 2012 to discuss key project management strategies for cost-efficient, operationally reliable and NOx/SOx compliant OSVs.
Taking place in Amsterdam on the 26th – 28th April, Offshore Support Vessels Summit brings you the latest insights and case studies on optimising the design and operational aspects of OSVs to reduce emissions, maximise production and reduce downtime. Through a global agenda showcasing real-life experiences from Europe, Asia, North and South America, the event will equip ship-owners/operators and oil companies with the best design tools and operational strategies to manage their OSV projects and successfully leverage the advances in energy efficient technologies.

To download the latest article on ‘Leading Emissions Reduction in Shipping’, please visit Offshore Support Vessels Summit Download Centre. For more information and registration, please visit www.osvsummit.com/news. Alternatively, call us on +44 (0) 20 7368 9300 or email enquire@iqpc.co.uk. —Ends—

IQPC has an established reputation for delivering the highest standard of industry specific conferences, seminars and internal training programmes. We aim to keep business executives up-to date with the forefront of their industries’ trends, technological developments and regulatory landscape. For any more information please contact:

JJ Xue Han
+44 (0)20 7368 9300
jj.xuehan@iqpc.co.uk

The New Year is fast approaching, and now is the time for many businesses to start planning their conferences, training courses and meetings to take place in January.

When corporate event organisers are looking for a conference centre Preston to host any event, for an excellent location combined with excellent facilities you should consider the Barton Grange Hotel. Based in a countryside location just outside Preston city centre, the hotel has easy access to the M6 and M55 making it ideal for businesses based across the North West.

The Barton Grange Hotel is also the ideal destination for a range of corporate events due to the first-rate facilities on offer. As one of the leading hotels Preston, the Barton Grange is the perfect location for a meeting, conference, exhibition or training course.

The hotel can cater for up to 300 people across their various conference suites, with each suite featuring latest modern facilities including audio-visual equipment and WI-FI internet access. The main conference suite, the Barton Room, has been completely refurbished in the last few years to include a separate entrance and can also be divided into four self-enclosed rooms. There are also 3 smaller syndicate rooms available.

As well as flexible meeting rooms, there are also flexible catering options available. Delegates can either take some time out to have a buffet lunch or a meal in the Walled Garden, the on-site restaurant, or have a working lunch brought in to the meeting room.

For the whole month of January, the Barton Grange has special offer available – the day delegate rate has been slashed to just £28 per person. Delegates will benefit from the same great service and excellent facilities but at a lower price so businesses that are looking to hold an event in January should make the Barton Grange Hotel their first choice.

The Localism Act recently received Royal Assent signalling the most radical reform of social housing in a generation. The new Act will allow landlords greater control and flexibility over how they allocate housing and the type of tenancies they can offer.

Capita’s 3rd Reforming Social Housing Tenure and Allocations Conference addresses the key challenges facing housing providers in how they develop flexible and fair tenure and examines allocations policies under these new proposals.

Key topics to be covered include:
• A policy update on the new flexible framework and its potential impact upon social housing tenure and allocations
• The new right for local authorities to discharge their homelessness duty and the enhanced role of the private rented sector
• How to devise a strategic tenancy policy in collaboration with social landlords tailored to the particular needs of your local area
• Reviewing and redesigning your lettings schemes in light of the reforms
• Ensuring mobility and fairness for new and existing tenants

This event is a must-attend for all those working in housing allocations strategy and delivery. Network with peers and hear emerging best practice to ensure you are ready to face the challenges and opportunities of the new framework.